AIR-based Mortgage Calculator Desktop Widget (with ILOG Gauges)

AIR-based Mortgage Calculator Desktop Widget (with ILOG Gauges)

Here is a simple example of using a chromeless, transparent window in AIR to build a widget-type application. I know: yet another mortgage application… but to make things more interesting, I used the cool ILOG Elixir gauges to display and enter the principal, monthly payment, rate, and term. No rocket science here, but a nice reminder of what you can do in less than a hundred lines of code.

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Instructions:

  • Move the needle with your mouse to specify the principal, monthly payment, rate, and term.
    If you change the principal, the monthly payment is automatically recalculated.
    If you change the monthly payment, the principal is automatically recalculated to show what that monthly payment can buy you.
  • You can move the widget by dragging the upper area of the top gauges border.
  • You can minimize the widget by double-clicking the upper area of the top gauges border.
  • You can close the widget by right-clicking the application in the task bar or in the dock.

View Source is enabled (right click the application to view and download the source code. You will need to add the ILOG Elixir SWCs to your build path to compile).

Here is also a live browser version… (the AIR version is a lot cooler).

View Source is enabled (right click the application to view and download the source code. You will need to add the ILOG Elixir SWCs to your build path to compile).

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25 Comments

  1. Posted July 28, 2009 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    Excellent use for Gauge components !!!

  2. Posted July 28, 2009 at 3:38 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for providing the browser version. Installing an AIR app is always too much of a hassle for a quick blog demo.

  3. Posted July 28, 2009 at 4:11 pm | Permalink

    Pretty cool stuff.

  4. AlexFlasher
    Posted August 1, 2009 at 4:34 am | Permalink

    Hi all! Can somebody answer my question here. Please!!!

  5. Posted August 6, 2009 at 12:22 am | Permalink

    Thanks for the info about ” AIR-based Mortgage Calculator Desktop Widget (with ILOG Gauges)” and it is all about a widget for money calculation procedure.

    We all know a days we need to track our money management due to recession.

    Thanks for the post! Good luck!

    Marc Jansen

  6. Posted August 21, 2009 at 1:00 am | Permalink

    Thanks for sharing. Cool app

  7. Posted November 10, 2009 at 10:22 am | Permalink

    Thank you admin goood

  8. Posted December 2, 2009 at 3:58 am | Permalink

    thank you, looks great.

  9. Posted December 10, 2009 at 2:00 am | Permalink

    FABULOUS!

    I would love to use this on my website, which uses a wordpress theme. I would like it in a page, as opposed to in the sidebar (as a little widget).

    Anyone want to tell me how?

    I do my own site-admin.

    Alison

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  11. Posted April 3, 2010 at 2:39 pm | Permalink

    Has to be one of the most unique mortgage calculators around. That is a pretty cool concept, although may not be all that intuitive for the average borrower.

    James Mucci – Michigan Refinancing Professional

  12. Posted July 24, 2010 at 2:56 pm | Permalink

    This is a great and fun way to distinguish your calculators!

  13. Posted July 24, 2010 at 8:25 pm | Permalink

    We have played with a number of wordpress plugins for mortgage calculators and found fault with many. This looks great though!

    Rochester MN mortgage

  14. Posted July 25, 2010 at 3:25 pm | Permalink

    Love what you’ve done with this Calculator…so different then all the other boring mortgage calculators I have seen. I’ll need to figure out how to install it. Thanks.

  15. Posted July 25, 2010 at 10:08 pm | Permalink

    Great application! I’ll have to try to put that one on my personal site. The gauges are very unique, and my hat goes off to you for using your creativity to come up with something different.

  16. Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:45 pm | Permalink

    Hey would love to put this on my wordpress too. If anyone could provide instructions, I would greatly appreciate it.
    Regards,
    Matt Peebles

  17. Posted July 26, 2010 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

    Great calculator – thanks for sharing this! It will be a big help to those who need an easy to use and well designed mortgage calculator. Bravo!

  18. Posted July 27, 2010 at 10:50 am | Permalink

    Very nice!

  19. Posted July 27, 2010 at 3:18 pm | Permalink

    This looks like a great widget to add in a few places. I have an excellent widget on my A HREF=”http://www.brianferrick.com/ “>Personal Website to check out too. I got it from widgetbox.

    Thanks,

    GR Mortgage Guy

  20. Posted July 27, 2010 at 8:23 pm | Permalink

    This is an incredible mortgage calculator that looks fun to use. I too will use this and make it available to some clients who are auto enthusiasts and businesses who I network with in this industry for residential and business loans. Thanks again for such an innovative and exciting use for crunching numbers.

  21. Posted July 28, 2010 at 2:06 pm | Permalink

    Innovation in mortgage applications are always welcomes as the industry is always evolving.

  22. Posted August 3, 2010 at 10:11 am | Permalink

    Interesting demonstration on the use of gauges. A bit impractical in my opinion, but fun. I’m more of a minimalist I suppose.

    Rob
    Mortgage Analyzer

  23. Posted August 3, 2010 at 12:04 pm | Permalink

    I love the gauges! Mortgages can be so boring sometimes, that definitely adds some fun. I like the design of it.

  24. Posted August 11, 2010 at 5:59 pm | Permalink

    Haha, that’s quite innovative! I might recommend some my clientele take a look. Now if only there were some way to get the monthly payment dial to move independently of the principal dial. ;)

  25. Posted August 20, 2010 at 10:08 am | Permalink

    Thanks for the cool mortgage calculator app. It comes in handy when I discuss mortgage loans with clients and friends. I’d like to use it on my mortgage websites too like you did here. Really cool! Thanks

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